Marine animals and fish images for The Teaching Company

Modern whale skeletal system

Time period shown: Modern

Pictured: Modern whale skeletal system

About this image: The evolution of whales is a fascinating story told in the fossils of ancient whales and in the bones of living ones: Vestigial traits from the land-dwelling ancestors of whales can still be found in modern whales.

Did you know?
The ancestors of whales were land-dwelling animals called creodonts -- wolf-like carnivores that lived in the early Eocene.

Image and client information:

Karen in the classroom

— As a guest speaker or lecturer

In addition to the time she spends painting, Karen finds time now and again to serve as a guest speaker, lecturer and instructor to museum groups, professional organizations, schools and universities. She has also presented master classes in art and digital painting at universities in the U.S.

Karen has delivered recent presentations for these institutions and groups:

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Southern Methodist University

Guild of Natural Science Illustrators at the College of William & Mary and at Montana State University

New Mexico Highlands University

University of Texas at Arlington

University of North Texas

Dallas Paleontological Society

Originally trained in the classical techniques of illustration and painting, Karen frequently speaks on the transition to a digital world, and on the challenges and benefits this transition poses for artists, clients and viewers. She conducts professional seminars on painting, illustration and digital image creation, and also offers specific programs tailored to the needs of professional groups or classroom instructors.

To contact Karen about a speaking engagement, just drop her a note or call her studio.